Education

HORT 4601 – Aquaponics: Integrated fish and plant food systems

** This course is not currently being offered **

New to the University of Minnesota is a high-impact experiential and interdisciplinary undergraduate course offered Spring semesters focusing on aquaponics. Students are encouraged to blend the knowledge from multiple disciplines in the questions they ask and the projects they take on. As a high-impact experiential course, students will be expected to take initiative, teach each other, and work across the classroom, lab and community learning environments.

Understand and be sensitive to the juxtaposition of unique contributions from diverse knowledge systems with distinct values in relation to aquaponics.

Learn through aquaponics experiences, create a foundation for producing applied research to outreach outcomes, enhance your ability to express findings and societal deliberation in written and oral formats.

Deliberate and work with aquaponics practitioners and the broader community to identify shared values and address societal problems.